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Because Facebook is such an important tool for small businesses, you will want to take advantage of the social networking website’s tagging feature. By tagging another business or a person in a post on Facebook, you bring that person or business to the attention of your visitors and create a link your visitors can click to find out more information. Also, when you tag people or businesses, your posts appear on their news feeds where the posts are viewable by their followers, expanding the audience for your business page and potentially attracting people to your fan base.

1. Create a post on your Facebook business page, such as a status update or a comment in which you mention someone whom you want to tag.

2. Type the “@” symbol, and then start typing the name of the person or business you want to tag. A list of people and other contacts appears based on what you type. Click the name for the person or business you want to tag from the drop-down menu to select it.

3. Finish typing your post and click the “Share” button to place the post on your business page and on the page of the business or person that you tagged.

Tip

Only businesses or people who have Facebook accounts can be tagged in a post. You can type other names for identification purposes but no tags are generated.

About the Author

Julius Vandersteen has been a freelance writer since 1999. His work has appeared in “The Los Angeles Times,” “Wired” and “S.F. Weekly.” Vandersteen has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from San Francisco State University.